SUCCESS STORY

Series No. 2 uploaded 20/10/2005
 

Shri. P. V. Koran

Pallippuzha House,

Pallikara

Kasaragod Dist.

Kerala, India

Age:   63 years

Education : Upper Primary

Family : Wife and two sons

Holding size: 0.32 ha

Main crop:  Coconut
 

  • Coconut based mixed farming - fodder cultivation in the interspaces of coconut palms and cattle rearing (5 cows)

  • Rainfed farming - no irrigation facility
 
 

         
         
   
   
   

  Participated in training programmes organised by CPCRI under  COGENT/IPGRI Project on Poverty reduction:

Coconut Based Cropping/Farming Systems

Soil and water conservation in coconut garden

Vermicomposting using coconut leaves 

 

  Availed micro-credit for:

Procuring quality planting materials

Constructing cement tank for vermicomposting

 

  Newly added components in the cropping system:

Inter/mixed crops:  Pepper, Turmeric, Banana

        

  Improved production techniques:

Production of vermicompost

Use of vermicompost as source of organics

Distribution of earth worms to other farmers

Soil and Water harvesting pits

Cultivation of Azolla for cattle feed

 

   Value addition:

Production of quality copra using

small holder's copra dryer
   
   
   
         
         

Shri. Koran's achievements in integrating livestock production with cultivation of fodder grass in  coconut garden became a model for small and marginal coconut farmers under rainfed situation

 
   
   
   
         
         

   Coconut - Var: West Coast Tall

  • Yield : 120 nuts/palm/year (Against the State average of  40 nuts/palm/year)

Adoption of soil and water conservation measures: Keeping thick mulch of farm wastes in the basin of coconut palms, application of sufficient quantity of organics are the reason for higher productivity of coconut

 

    Fodder grass cultivated in 0.2 ha between bearing palms

  • Var : Congo Signal - 300 t/ha

  • Var : Paragas and CO-3 - 150 t/ha

Additional income generated by selling fodder grass slips

 

    Livestock integration with coconut farming

  • Breed - Jersy (5 cows)

  • Milk yield: 10 lit/cow/day 

   Vermicompost unit - Provides for better onfarm recycling of organic wastes

  • Capacity - 5 tonnes

  • Substratum used : Coconut leaves and other farm waste

FARMER'S PERCEPTION

"On adopting technologies developed by CPCRI on coconut based farming system more income was realised"

 

   
   
   

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